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I am really loving the Commment Challenge this year because it is getting me paying attention to the blogging world around me. As I make my way through the list of participants - I started in the middle if you're wondering - I'm discovering new-to-me blogs and fresh ideas on writing. Perhaps I've erred some in not focusing on my own blogging content, but there's something to be said for taking a step back and reflecting.

The commenting has been coming easy and keeping up the numbers has not been the challenge so much as making the time to do some concentrated blog reading. Along with tracking my comments, I've been keeping some notes about things I'm finding at different blogs. Carrie Pearson had a great post on responding to writing critiques. I was stunned by the work involved in an international list of reading/literacy charities at Playing by the Book and inspired by the 12 x 12 in '12 Picture Book Challenge that I learned about from Lori Degman and Stacy Jensen, and the writing excuses post at Pen and Ink may just be enough to get me to sign up for that challenge. If so, I'll have to thank Teaching Authors for getting me unstuck and On My Mind for giving me some story starters.

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Ooh, thanks for this - I visited two people who blogged on writing - totally new to me blogs - and found some really good stuff on fear and how it paralyzes... uh, yeah. That's very much on my wavelength just now, so YAY.

Whoops Wednesday again and I missed last week's check in. Last week I was quite good tho' I joined a lttle late. This week I have only managed a total ten....well it will be ten by tonight.I am loving this, find it totally inspirational and meeting such marvelous writers and illustrators makes it a party every day I manage to go visiting.Guess I just visited the same blog as Tanita LOL

Yes, I'm intending to visit everyone's blogs too - I signed up late, have caught up and am loving it. I've already made new friends in the blogosphere, and this first week I've concemtrated on catching up with old friends, as I had been neglecting visiting other blogs for various reasons in the last few months. This Comments Challenge is a New Year Resolution enactment! Thank you.

The Rundown

One of the bestselling preschool books of recent times was Walter the Farting Dog. At the same time, the American Library Association named as one of its best books Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, a book in which Mr. Rosen talks about his despair over the death of his son. I believe that, for most of us, what we want lies somewhere between a flatulent canine and overwhelming grief.